I have to be there this weekend so I am going to stop in and ask about this but I kind of doubt I will get anywhere.

I guess they figure if you are willing to pay $38.00 to see a show you won't mind coughing up $52.48 each. I can see a lot of stuff in Chicago (obviously a more expensive city) for less than that. I can see blues here seven nights a week for five bucks.

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quote: I can see a lot of stuff in Chicago (obviously a more expensive city) for less than that. I can see blues here seven nights a week for five bucks.

Have you not paid to go to a concert in 30 years? I'm sure if Mule was playing a theatre in Chicago (they aren't), that theatre would charge the same old fees every other theatre charges. I'd pay to be in Milwaukee over Chicago, so you still come out ahead. You should go see Mule.

quote: I can see a lot of stuff in Chicago (obviously a more expensive city) for less than that. I can see blues here seven nights a week for five bucks.

Have you not paid to go to a concert in 30 years? I'm sure if Mule was playing a theatre in Chicago (they aren't), that theatre would charge the same old fees every other theatre charges. I'd pay to be in Milwaukee over Chicago, so you still come out ahead. You should go see Mule.

[Edited on 4/13/2017 by porkchopbob]

It was just an observation, a commentary I guess.

My point is simply that it seems excessive.

Kind of like I started the thread with.

And I have never heard of a Historic Preservation fee.

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Eh, I guess I've accepted that a venue or ticket agency is going to tack on a good chunk onto a ticket price.

Considering The Fillmore East is gone and the lobby is a bank, I'll happily pay $4 to preserve our old, historic theatres. Pabst is a nice one (right around the corner from the Safe House!), I'm glad to see that bands are stopping there again. I hope you enjoy, Milwaukee is an underrated city.

I often buy tickets from the box office. Definitely for MLB games. Often for concerts that I know won't sell out. For example, Trombone Shorty is coming to Richmond. There are pit seats available on line, but they are either the last seat to the far right or to the far left. Day of show I'm certain to get a great seat due to drops.

Of all the ticket fees mentioned, the only fee I don't mind is the historic preservation fee. Those fees saved Atlanta's Fabulous Fox Theatre. I spent five years working for the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and I fully believe in the importance of saving our beautiful historic landmarks. Lee, I can't imagine Chicago without the Chicago Theatre or without the Auditorium Theatre. I've seen great shows and toured both. Those buildings are really expensive to preserve.

The "service and convenience fees" are abject robbery initiated by low life scum sacks. They hurt the fans and ultimately hurt the artists. Overcharging to mail a ticket is also despicable.

My problem is I love live music and am often willing to pay a premium. I paid the fees for the upcoming Gov't Mule show at the Warner Theatre in D.C. and really don't mind. Mule is still a bargain. Warren and the boys will work their collective asses off to make sure the audience enjoys a stellar experience. Currently there are many tickets, mostly balcony, available for less than $40. There are some "premium" seats available for $180. I'm hoping those seats become available for less as we get closer to the show. I want to turn a couple of friends onto the show. I know they will have a great experience in the balcony but I'd rather seat them in the orchestra.

From the Pabst Theatre website:

"What is the Historic Preservation Fee?

A $1.50-3.75 per ticket fee that goes to the maintenance, protection and conservation of The Pabst Theater, Riverside Theater and Turner Hall Ballroom » more info"

[Edited on 4/14/2017 by BillyBlastoff]

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A few months ago I paid more than 52 ea to see Mule in a field with zero comfort accommodations, with a metal building off to the side and a highway in the viewshed behind stage.

So with all due respect I don't understand the issue. I don't look at proportional allocations within the ticket cost, it is a 52 buck ticket. Then I equate it to what it took me to come up with that 52 bucks. And then I make a value decision on the money / entertainment exchange and if it is too disproportional to the value I get, then it is as they say, a conundrum. I paid way too much to see Neil two years ago and it was worth it, so it varies.

If the entertainers let me set ticket price, all would be ten bucks But they call the shots, right or wrong, in some fashion.

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Don't laugh, when I used to exhibit at trade shows in Chicago, you had to pay an electrician to plug your display unit into the power source (which you paid for as well). Even if you did not ask to be unplugged, you got charged for it, and at time and a half if the show ended after 5PM.

On ticket prices in general, I think I precisely know when everything changed.

I know alot of people remember when the best shows were like $10 or less to get in back in the day. The first year I started going to concerts was just 1993. That year I saw Neil Young, waited in line, got 4th row when tickets went on sale and it cost $30, don't know about the fees as they were probably on the torn off part of my stub. Saw some other shows, Smashing Pumpkins, STP all of those were cheap, under $20.

But then 1994 happened and Pink Floyd toured, hell froze over the Eagles toured, the Stones were on the road that year - and I have always thought that was the beginning of what we have now.

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